{"id":536271,"date":"2026-03-21T07:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T07:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536271\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T07:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T07:18:08","slug":"phoenix-mercurys-next-move-is-obvious-as-roster-decisions-loom-after-cba-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536271\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Mercury&#8217;s next move is obvious as roster decisions loom after CBA agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 With a wave of unrestricted free agents set to hit the market next month, the Phoenix Mercury face a pivotal decision that could define their championship window: retaining and prioritizing a roster built around Alyssa Thomas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105727\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-105727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_27154510_168398863_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"Phoenix Mercury Las Vegas Aces WNBA Finals Alyssa Thomas Kahleah Copper Satou Sabally\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-105727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sep 23, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas (25) in the second half against the Minnesota Lynx during game two of the second round for the 2025 WNBA Playoffs at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 With a wave of unrestricted free agents set to hit the market next month, the Phoenix&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-536271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}